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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

Round sizes of > $100 million or more now account for 47% of all VC dollars (62% if you count rounds > $50 million) This has made venture capital significantly more valuable for VCs and LPs who invest in the best companies As part of our study we noticed a trend many have spotted but few have explained?—?why

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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

According to earlier studies from Forbes Insights , many entrepreneurs and small businesses not only feel the lessons learned during the past few years have helped them survive, but the recession also exposed flaws in their business strategies that they were able to fix. 2015 business optimism entrepreneur strategy' Marty Zwilling.

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San Diego Innovation Economy Extended Gains in 2015: Connect Report

Xconomy

San Diego’s innovation clusters continued to grow in 2015, as local startups, funding deals, and job growth extended an economic growth spurt that began in 2013. The Connect Innovation Report found that 405 software, technology, and life sciences startups were created last year in San Diego County.

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Biolinq Adds $4.75M to Advance Glucose Monitoring Biosensor Patch

Xconomy

Biosensor startup Biolinq said Thursday it has raised $4.75 million from new investors, including the New York-based Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, following the results of a clinical study of its experimental biomarker monitoring device. The San Diego startup.

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Los Angeles Has 5 Percent Of All Unicorns, Says Report

socalTECH

Los Angeles has 8 percent of all the "unicorn" companies globally, according to a new study released Wednesday by the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. The school said the study companies as a unicorn if they exceeded a value of $1 billion during any month between January 2014 and the end of 2015.

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Recruitment Goal In Obama Precision Med Study: 1M in 3 or 4 Years

Xconomy

The Obama administration’s push to sign up one million Americans for a long-term health study will start in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Tucson, AZ, top health officials said today. The VA is running its own long-term study with nearly half a million participants so far.).

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Taiwanese reassurances that water shortages won’t hit chipmaking show climate change’s direct threat to tech

TechCrunch LA

“Taiwan’s water shortage and its effect on semis is a wake up call for every technology investor, every founder and the entire venture ecosystem. They were even flagged in a 2016 Harvard Business School case study analysis. Intel alone used 9 billion gallons of water in 2015). ”